abstract:

This article highlights the outcomes of COVID-19, from the perspective of surviving patients, health-care systems, and societies. It draws on first-person experience of what it is to go through and survive acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and multiple organ failure. It summarizes the research on the short- and long-term outcomes for critically ill patients. The physical, cognitive, and emotional sequalae are staggering. Health-care professionals and systems will have to step up to meet the challenge of caring for large numbers of COVID-19 patients after discharge. And societies will have to step up to the ethical questions that the pandemic has made so stark. What kind of societies do we want to be, in terms of guarding the welfare of our most vulnerable citizens?

摘要：

本文从幸存的患者，卫生保健系统和社会的角度重点介绍了COVID-19的成果。它吸收了经历急性呼吸窘迫综合征（ARDS）和多器官衰竭的患者的第一人称经验。它总结了重症患者短期和长期结局的研究。生理上，认知上和情感上的焦虑都令人震惊。医护专业人员和系统将必须加紧应对出院后照顾大量COVID-19患者的挑战。社会将不得不加紧应对这种流行病如此严峻的道德问题。在维护我们最弱势公民的福利方面，我们想成为什么样的社会？